Escape from Five Shadows
Written by Elmore Leonard
Narrated by Richard Poe
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Corey Bowen is an innocent man. Wrongly convicted, and imprisoned in the brutal labor camp at Five Shadows run by a sadistic embezzler willing to kill to keep his scheme running, Bowen is determined to break out or die trying. The trackers have already caught him once, dragged him back through the mesquite and rocks, and beat him bloody and near dead after his last attempt. But this time he'll have help—from a lady with murder on her mind and a debt to pay back. They say that breaking out of Five Shadows is impossible—but Bowen is a different breed, and this time he will go to any extreme to escape.
Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers Raylan, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool, Get Shorty, and Rum Punch, as well as the acclaimed collection When the Women Come Out to Dance, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. The short story "Fire in the Hole," and three books, including Raylan, were the basis for the FX hit show Justified. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5As a western you would expect a story of cowboys and Indians. It is, but with a twist."Escape From Five Shadows" is a story that recalls movies from the 50's. Instead of a town and a rancher's daughter, it's a prison and a stage depot manager's daughter. You would expect the hero to be rugged and good looking and he is. To escape prison and run away with the manager's daughter may be the gist of the story, but it is also a story of justice and injustice, western style.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Now the trouble with rating Elmore Leonard's books is that even the worst one's are fantastic. This is a case in point. I'm reading my way through everything the man has written, and I'd put this one some way down the list. But the entire list stands above and apart from the majority of writing anyhow, so heck - read it!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Corey Bowen is being held in an Arizona convict work camp building a road. The camp foreman and superintendent are corrupt and the foreman especially brutal to the men. Corey is there convicted of rustling cattle he didn't steal. Convinced he was set up by a wealthy cattleman, he breaks out to confront the man but is immediately caught. While free, he meets a young woman who believes he is innocent and finds a lawyer to take his case. Before she can tell Corey they have discovered the truth, he breaks out again leading to a show down with the foreman who he cannot kill because if he does, it will be back to prison for murder.Fast paced and well developed story & characters for which Leonard is known.